Job Description
DESCRIPTION
At Amazon, we're working to be the most Customer-centric company on earth. One customer experience we are constantly pushing to the next level is delivery speed and selection. To do this, Amazon is rapidly building a dedicated air transportation network to exceed customers’ expectations daily.
Amazon is seeking a Supply Chain Manager for the Network Planning team to create the future of Amazon Air. This role will have a broad scope to define the network strategy for the long-term (e.g. number of aircraft and buildings), and medium-term (e.g. flight schedule development), as well as other ad-hoc projects to continually raise the bar on delivering for our customers. The Supply Chain Manager interacts with leaders from across Amazon Air, and directly influences decision making at senior leadership levels. In this role you will make customer focused and cost effective decisions, directly impacting Amazon’s transportation network.
If you want to work for a great company, have the opportunity to innovate, manage, and create new air and ground solutions and most importantly love to delight customers, then join us in making Amazon history!
Key job responsibilities
- Leading long-range planning within the Amazon Air team and serving as key point of contact for other business units (e.g. ground transportation, fulfillment centers, last mile, etc.).
- Developing capacity plans and shaping network strategy, while driving continuous improvement across customer experience, cost, and sustainability metrics
- Program management for capital and operational planning including developing timelines, engaging stakeholders, identifying risks and developing contingencies.
- Evaluating tradeoffs on the mechanisms to solve for customer needs and cost in order to drive consensus across partner teams (Finance, Operations, Process Engineering, Procurement, etc.).
- Partnering with Research Science & Technology as a subject matter expert to create new planning and forecasting tools.
- Navigating through ambiguity, managing and coordinating multiple project assignments simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, accepting ownership and accountability of the process and delivering on commitment.
- Domestic travel up to 20% of the time
A day in the life
The Network Design Leader will be responsible for designing network operating plans (new routes!) and communicating those plans across internal teams. They will also assist in creating long term strategic recommendations for fleet, gateway, hub, and sortation needs. Through data analysis, modeling, and collaboration with internal stakeholders and industry research you will work towards developing an optimal Amazon Air flight schedule maximizing asset utilization across both air and ground asset while achieving multi-faceted business objectives.
About the team
Network Design is one of the primary pillars of the Network Planning (NWP) organization within AIR Supply Chain & Analytics. NWP owns the definition, creation and revision of operational plans from long-term (3+ years) up until a few days ahead of the day a flight is scheduled to take off. The organization is responsible for setting the course for AIR to keep raising the bar for customers by ensuring the best possible mix of fast speeds, low costs, as well superior quality and reliability.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of program or project management experience
- 3+ years of working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams experience
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- 3+ years of supply chain experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience defining program requirements and using data and metrics to determine improvements
Job Tags
Full time,